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Michael S. Harris

Associate professor, Southern Methodist University

Michael S. Harris is an associate professor of higher education in the Simmons School of Education and Human Development at SMU. He teaches and researches issues of academic leadership, governance, and organizational theory in higher education.

Latest Columns

Higher Education

Universities, not the FBI, should clean up college basketball

By Michael S. Harris, Oct. 10, 2017

To date, no Texas university has been directly implicated in the federal investigation of college basketball recruiting; Oklahoma State is the closest university to the state embroiled in the scandal. Yet, the reverberations from this case will affect every major college basketball program in Texas.

Higher Education

Ken Starr case highlights a trend for college presidents

By Michael S. Harris and Molly Ellis, June 2, 2016

As the appalling details of the Baylor University sexual assault scandal come to light, Ken Starr has learned that the path to successfully completing a university presidency is long and arduous.